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[Python-Dev] Process to remove a Python feature

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri May 4 14:59:25 EDT 2018 
No, the reason they're hidden by default is that for most users they're not
actionable most of the time.

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 4, 2018, 11:50 Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Ideally any deprecated feature should have a replacement, and this
>> replacement should be available in at least one version before adding
>> the deprecation warning.
>>
>> X.Y: added a replacement
>>
>> X.Y+1: added a deprecation warning. Many users need to support only two
>> recent versions and can move to using the replacement now.
>>
>
> Isn't the whole point of making DeprecationWarnings hidden by default that
> it lets us add the new thing and deprecate the old thing in the same
> release, without creating too much disruption?
>
> -n
>
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